Grant Content

$20M Grant Renewal for National Center for Sustainable Transportation

Katherine E Kerlin — February 23, 2023 - 1:25pm

National Center for Sustainable Transportation at �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis receives $20 million to lead a group of universities studying transportation and the environment.

�°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis-Led Team Awarded $3 Million Grant to Assess Pandemic Recovery Efforts by Community Colleges

Karen Michele Nikos — October 05, 2022 - 10:00am

The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute for Education Sciences has awarded a $3 million research grant to a University of California, Davis-led research team to assess pandemic recovery efforts undertaken by the California Community Colleges.

�°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis Historians Receive National Parks Funding to Collect Women’s Stories

Karen Michele Nikos — September 02, 2020 - 4:30pm

Two University of California, Davis, historians have received funding from the National Park Service to address the educational gap in U.S. women’s history and role in the nation’s national parks. Professors Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor and Lisa Materson will craft 80 biographies of women involved in national parks in the western region of the United States, and, in a longer article, connect those women’s lives to the ongoing struggle for voting rights.

Artists Can Apply for City of Davis Community Arts Grant

Karen Michele Nikos — September 13, 2019 - 1:03pm

The City of Davis invites you to apply for a 2020 Community Arts grant.

This program provides funds for a wide variety of community-based arts programs and projects that foster excellence, diversity, and vitality in the arts.

�°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis Receives $1.1M to Invest in STEM Education for 11-Year-Old Girls

Karen Michele Nikos — April 02, 2019 - 10:10am

University of California, Davis, is creating a program to mentor 15,000 young girls in California during the next year in an effort to close the gender gap in STEM learning.

$4.7M to Study Storing Greenhouse Gases in Soil

Katherine E Kerlin — January 16, 2019 - 3:23pm

California leads the nation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but reductions alone will not be enough to reach the targets set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement. To do that, greenhouses gases like carbon dioxide will need to be removed from the atmosphere on a monumental scale.

Downy Mildew Research to Benefit Lettuce Growers and Consumers

Amy M Quinton — October 10, 2018 - 3:27pm

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, will use the genomics of lettuce to combat a pathogen that causes losses in the $3 billion industry each year.

The Foundation of Food and Agriculture Research, or FFAR, awarded Richard Michelmore, professor and director of the �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis Genome Center, the first research grant through the Crops of the Future Collaborative.

�°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis will receive $2.5 million from FFAR and matching funds from the Crops of the Future Leafy Greens Participants for a total of $5 million.

$1M to Attract Students to Geology and Marine Sciences

Katherine E Kerlin — September 07, 2018 - 12:48pm

The earth and planetary sciences department at the University of California, Davis, is receiving a $1 million award from the National Science Foundation to target scholarships for students eligible for federal financial aid and enable field experiences for majors in either geology, or marine and coastal sciences.

School of Education Receives $2.5M to Develop Better Learning Tools for Teachers

Karen Michele Nikos — May 09, 2018 - 8:58am

University of California, Davis, which received a $2.5 million grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation to help early career teachers use more innovative techniques in the classroom.

Recent Awards in �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis Arts: Music, Olfactory, Design

Karen Michele Nikos — March 28, 2018 - 9:35am

It's award season, and the arts are no exception. Read about awards for olfactory art (yes, that is an art form) music and design.